Mother's Day! May 11, 2008

Chris: What would you like to do for Mother's Day?
Joan: Go to the beach!

It was a very pretty drive out to Hampton Beach, we arrived around 10am and stayed for lunch! It was a lot of fun, and so beautiful. Here are some photographs documenting the fun day. It was Alana's first experience with sand, we kept the paci in to keep the sand out!



Getting nourishment on the walk!

















First we went on a walk along the beach, from one end of the "boardwalk" to the other and even made it to Little Jacks by the sea wall. Here we are on the way to ? I can't remember what that area up ahead was called...have to ask Chris.





We gave Alana a bucket and shovel and showed her how to get to work!








The bucket was way cooler than the camera.








Gorgeous surf to look at and listen to!

















Having fun tumbling sand towers, doesn't make as much noise as her wooden blocks.


























Last look at the ocean, it was a breezy 60 degrees, there were a few brave souls in the water though! Happy Mother's Day!









Back at home we played with the pansies on the deck.
























Happy Birthday Shawn!!

Gardening!

Inspired by my Uncle Alan and his eco-farming (read all about it here http://www.robertsroostecofarm.com/) , I got to digging the other day. I am so excited to have a space that I can call a garden and not worry about encroaching on the dogs territory! So here are some pictures, it's got to get a bit bigger for everything I want to plant, zuccini, cucumbers, squash and tomatoes. There will of course be some sunflowers as well! I'll try and keep updates coming.











My only problem so far has been rocks! Finding big ones! and having to haul them out of the dirt is quite a bit of work, especially when working during Alana's naps!












Ciao

Cinco De Mayo!

A lot has happened in the month I haven't been posting...we had two great weeks of lovely spring weather, then got some much needed rain! and I took a couple of pictures along the way! Enjoy and Happy Cinco De Mayo!!











Go Nats!











Yes, a whole case of Gold Star Chili arrived. Chris is in heaven...that's $60 of chili folks....














Patriotic Mena!











Out for a stroll in the park.











And we had a small brush fire in the woods very close to our house...thankfully the fire fighters were great and had it under control. Just a good reminder to everyone about cigarettes and burning brush...not a good mix...they still don't know what caused it...

We've been decorating Alana's room...having fun too!!











































See the mirror there...the best $15 dollars spent!
:-) Alana won't let me take very many pictures of her anymore, she starts screaming for the camera...perhaps we'll have to trick her with Chris' camera! hahaha!

Yeah! Bath time fun!!

I love the way the light plays on the water! And the cutie in the water is something too!

What feeding time is like...

I thought I would share a few photos from feeding time! Willa and Mena are always nearby as they can get a quick snack from whatever Alana may be eating!















I don't think Alana was mad or anything, but she was probably chewing when I snapped this shot.










Smacking whatever it is on the table top!










Yummmm! Get that stuff in!










what ma?










Awwww...

Ah the sit & spin...Joan gives it a try

Susan gave us Seamus' sit & spin, Alana likes to look at it and climb on it, but is too small to make it work, so I decided to give it a spin (hahaha) and of course Chris had to go out and get the camera...

Wake up from naptime! April Fools Day!

Alana woke up from naptime today...oh so cute!
Happy Birthday Jen!! :-)

It's snowing again...

We've been hear about five weeks now...and it's snowed a lot since that first day! It's snowing again and NH is going for some record breaking numbers today! I think we're the only people excited about the snow...everyone else has had enough!! hahahaha :-)

Alana for President 2040!

I received a lovely package the other day (thank you a million times!! I miss you a million times over ELSW), and a cute sweatshirt "future president" in pink for Alana was included...that got me thinking...

How is Alana most like a president?

For reference I have two photographs:

How could I forget this photo of President Bush reading with school children! Thank you Vince for that long ago email...

And Alana reading Mouse Paint! She was content for fifteen minutes with this book, flipping the pages back and forth...and doing her favorite new task, rubbing her thumb back and forth to make a cool sound! eeee---eeeee---eeee

Alana realizes her mistake and uprights the book!

Wicked Winds...and other words...3/21

Yes, that is what they call them in New Hampshire! The wind is supposed to get up to 55 mph today...and I can hear it now on the corner of the house. I just hope and pray that Chris doesn't have trouble with the 16' truck he's driving from MD to NH today! With the rest of our home inside...closing is screwed up...but we're going to do it the FedEx way...and thankfully won't have to deal with the craazzy realtor of the buyer...

Tips when purchasing a home (or what we learned selling our home):
1. Find a good realtor (through your bank/mortgage company if possible).
2. Stay on top of your mortgage company, yes they are working for you, but it's not too hard to make a few phone calls.
3. When going through the final walk-thru...flush all the toilets, run the shower and yes...test all the outlets (our buyer did...and found one not working...oh wait a second, it's connected to a light switch...hmmm...perhaps if you flip the switch the light may work...they even left a sticky note by the outlet...there are two other outlet's like this in the house...I wonder if they found these...)
4. Find a good realtor (we can't stress that enough).

Thank you for letting me vent computer...

A romp with Willa....

Willa: Let's play!
Mena:whoa....hold on a sec...you obviously have an advantage here..









Mena: Ok....let's play!









Willa: Get it on!
Mena: Um....not sure...









Willa: Come on, I'm getting sleepy here...








Willa: (Yawn)...yeah...it's over...too slow...(all bark and no play)
Yes, that's Alana in the background, no worries, no babies/stuffed lambs or grandma's were injured in the photography!

Oh, yeah...some more...

Ah to giggle!









Snuggling on the couch...









It snowed last Saturday morning, and was so beautiful!


















Alana in her new highchair! :-)